Audience reviews
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Despite not having a particularly show-off-y budget, Hyouge Mono is a very dynamic and flamboyant show on account of its brazen artistic choices, which inject some animated flair into a tragic comedy about the struggle for Japan's aesthetic identity during the Warring States period. Protagonist Sasuke is one of the most memorable in anime, a lecherous aesthete ill-suited for warfare, but sly and loved by fortune, not to mention endowed with a modern sensibility that endears him to the audience. He's sketched out in a remarkably literary way. His expressions are unforgettable, too. The show is peppered with fantastic characters, some are historical cartoons and others seem to be wholly fictitious (I'm not sure), but the other standout is the monk Sen no Rikkyu, the foremost proponent of the…
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Hyouge Mono is a rare and rather unique work of well informed historical fiction.
This huge undertaking - approached with great seriousness, in great detail and on elaborate scale - depicts (you could also say: documents) the emergence of what will later be called "Bohème".
It follows its main character for more than a decade in his struggle of emancipation. A man who cannot devote himself to his lord, his clan, his nation, his family and who is neither artisan, nor master.
What begins with a desire sparked by jealousy and fanned by naivete: to possess, even if just in secret, a masterpiece... quickly escalates into an obsession and, after defining all choices, joys and misgivings over years of his life, evolves into a lifestyle.
Hyouge Mono challenges the societal order of feudal japan…
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Hey look! Some dumb asshole is trying to review Hyouge Mono! I have that on that on my Plan to Watch list! I think it's safe to say a LOT of us have the same experience with this anime. You've been on MAL for about a year. You get recommended the members of the sacred 3x3. You guys know what I'm talking about. Tatami, Mushishi, LotGH, etc. Now you've watched 9 anime that are highbrow and not on Netflix. You aren't the N00b anymore. What's next? Someone is going recommend Hyouge Mono. You think to yourself, "Oh WOW! A 40-episode anime about tea ceremony that also takes place during the reunification years of the Sengoku Era." That sounds tasteful. It will probably be pretty good. I'll just add that my watch list. There it sits for weeks, months, years, etc. This is the anime that everyone w…
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I recently finished Angolmois: Genkou Kassenki, mainly on the assumption that it would be a historical piece. While I panned Angolmois for downplaying a lot of its historical aspects as set-dressing for action, Hyouge Mono is what results when history is put above all else. The results are marvelous, being the absolute best show about bowls and teapots you will ever watch.
Hyouge Mono takes place right at the end of the Sengoku Jidai, one of the most exciting eras of Japanese history. The show ostensibly follows Furuta Sasuke, a greedy art connoisseur and by-the-books honorable samurai all in one, though much of the show is around the power and cultural struggles as the warring states period gets wrestled into a unified, Japanese hegemony. I absolutely adored seeing all these big names in…
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Bee Train's most recent (and probably the last) Hyouge Mono is a historically inspired anime from the Japanese warring states period. Derived from the manga of the same name, it follows this turbulent period of Japanese history through the main protagonist Furuta Sasuke.
Furuta is a fantastic character that drives this anime forward. He is a major source of comedy in this light hearted show with rather serious themes. His desires, monologues and contradictions are exaggerated, contrasted and mocked for comedy as he encounters people of differing powers and personalities.
In these encounters is where I found Hyouge Mono truly excel. Themes and ideas are explored in the characters primarily through war and politics on one side and aesthetics and tea on the other and their inherent conflict…
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Social upheaval, constant military conflict and political intrigue are the main characteristics of the Sengoku period; as a matter of fact, it could be described as a chaotic world, a clashing of individuals with vast ambitions. Admist the turmoil, the importance of Aesthetics, a philosophy of art, is not be forgotten, which influences that particular era significantly. Rather than focussing upon the various battles itself, Hyouge Mono showcases the importance of aesthetics, including fantastic characterization of its varied cast of characters. It comes together with a great narrative, along with fantastic and well placed comedy that serve to lighten the atmosphere at appropriate times.
~Story~
The story of Hyouge Mono is based upon true historical recordings, that takes place in the fin…
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Hyouge Mono is an anime I do not recommend to anyone. Not because it is bad, but because it is completely on a different level. It is not a flower you can just buy and toss later. It is a fragile one, blooms in desolate lands, and you need a bit of effort to find it. It will never gather an army of fans screaming the best anime ever. It will never get the highest ratings. Most people will not even like it. They will quickly get bored and discard this gem. Then what makes Hyouge Mono great? Not its animation or sound quality. The reason is its characters, superb use of concepts, and avoiding a story of the usual struggle between good and bad, black and white. Hyouge Mono is a land of chaos, obsessed not with morality but beauty.
ANIMATION, SOUND AND THE END OF NARRATION
Hyouge Mono has no…
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About freakin' time I get a chance to complete and review this. I can't believe it took two years for fansubbers to complete all the episodes to it. But anyway, on with the review...
Hyouge Mono did quite a bit for me in sticking out from the mold of many recent anime offerings. The series offers a mix of comedy and drama in its focus on Furuta Sasuke's love of tea ceremonies and the complicated politics surrounding the war for territories in Japan's Sengoku era. The series is a historical title with emphasis on famous figures of the time period and its politics. With the large focus on Japan's history in the period, one should have enough knowledge of the era to get the most enjoyment out of this series, especially on the differing schools of Japanese aesthetics commonplace in the era. P…
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